NCAA Tournament Preview: North Carolina Tar Heels

Posted Mar 16, 2017
As the regular season champ in the nation’s toughest league and with plenty of pieces back from a team that got to the brink of a title last season, the Tar Heels have every reason to think they can win the whole thing. Justin Jackson, a multi-faceted 6-foot-8 weapon on the wing, is the kind of player most teams don’t run into often. UNC has the tools to go the distance. (Fayetteville Observer)

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